Occupational Health Internship Program

描述（由申请人提供）：职业健康实习计划（OHIP）计划的主要目标是确定并为下一代职业健康专业人员提供培训。该计划有三个主要的培训目标。在一个夏季的过程中，每个职业健康保险计划受训人员都了解：与工作有关的健康和安全危害在确定工人和整个社区的健康方面的重要性；劳动力性质的变化以及设计健康和安全干预措施以满足特定和不同工人群体需求的重要性；职业健康和安全专业人员在减少工作场所健康和安全危害方面的作用。OHIP的第二个目标是通过积极招募和指导来自少数民族和移民背景的学生来增加职业卫生学科的多样性。在我们每年收到的300多名申请者中，有许多来自代表性不足的少数民族（urm），我们接受的大多数学生来自不同的种族和社会经济背景。在该项目九年的157名学生中，大多数（85%）能流利地使用第二语言，17%能说第三语言。因此，我们的许多学生带来了特殊的语言和文化技能，这对项目的成功至关重要。此外,

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) program is to identify and provide training for the next generation of occupational health professionals. Three major training objectives underlie the program. Over the course of a summer, each of the OHIP trainees gains an understanding of: the importance of work-related health and safety hazards in determining the health of workers and the general community; the changing nature of the workforce and importance of designing health and safety interventions to meet the needs of specific and diverse worker groups; and the role of occupational health and safety professionals in reducing workplace health and safety hazards. The second goal of OHIP is to increase diversity in the occupational health disciplines by aggressively recruiting and mentoring students from minority and immigrant backgrounds. Many of the over 300 applicants we receive each year are from underrepresented minorities (URMs), and the majority we accept into the program are from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Of the 157 students over the nine years of the program, a majority (85%) is fluent in a second language and 17% speak a third language. Thus, many of our students bring special language and cultural skills that are essential to the success of the project. In addition, the majority of our field-based projects serve low wage and immigrant worker populations. Each OHIP team completes three "deliverables" during their 9-week project: (1) Educational materials that can be used by their host organization (union, community based organization, agency, etc.) to improve worker knowledge of safety and health hazards; (2) Summary of their findings in PowerPoint format to be presented at the end of the summer through videoconference links; and (3) Written summary reports of project objectives, methods, results and recommendations. OHIP project personnel and mentors from around the country, each with considerable health and safety experience, work to ensure that the internships will be successful. This includes extensive national recruitment for applicants, careful selection of student projects, conduct of a three-day national orientation training, and effective mentorship and supervision throughout the summer. Post-summer communication with the trainees solidifies their interest in occupational health. A national advisory board composed of nationally recognized educators and scientists continues to play a key role in overseeing the program.